Tax exemption for Somers Point Village rehab project eyed
SOMERS POINT — City Council is looking to move forward with a long-term tax exemption to help an agency rehabilitate Somers Point Village Apartments. Council introduced an ordinance Sept. 22 granting the agency a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes). A public hearing and final vote are tentatively scheduled for the body’s next meeting, set for […]
Somers Point moves ahead with senior housing
Resolution paves way for project at corner of Maryland and Bay avenues SOMERS POINT — Plans for a senior housing complex at the corner of Maryland and Bay avenues are moving ahead. City Council adopted a resolution Sept. 22 approving a Memorandum of Understanding that names Walters-Cornerstone Development as the redevelopment agency for phase 1 […]
Final sale at Wards Pastry – everything must go
Owner Walt Hohman is selling everything in the bakery this weekend By CRAIG D. SCHENCK Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Wards Pastry, a mainstay of Asbury Avenue for nearly a century, a place where locals and visitors alike bought all kinds of delicious baked goods, is having one last sale — but the goods will […]
Landmark comes down as planned
Making way for new development in Beesleys Point BEESLEYS POINT — It was a beautiful day for an implosion. The sun was bright, the temperature brisk and the air breezy Sept. 29 as the cooling tower at the former B.L. England Generating Station in Beesleys Point was reduced to rubble. Several dozen people — local […]
Cooling tower implosion at B.L. England Thursday
BEESLEYS POINT — One of the most visible and iconic symbols of the former B.L. England Generating Station will be nothing but a pile of rubble come Thursday. Upper Township Administrator Gary Demarzo forwarded a statement from Chad Parks of the Beesleys Point Development Group advising that implosion of the defunct plant’s cooling tower is […]
Speakers at OCBOE seek ‘more acceptance of LGBTQ students’
They say sex ed curriculum in district removed controversial aspects, will lead to safer students OCEAN CITY — The script was flipped Sept. 21 at the Ocean City Board of Education meeting, as supporters of the revised state health and sex education standards dominated the public comment portion of the meeting. Parents and students — […]
Ocean City, Upper Township helped deal with mayhem in Wildwood
WILDWOOD — Help and support came from as far away as Ocean City and Upper Township for an investigation Saturday into a pop-up car rally that left two bystanders dead in Wildwood. Authorities said the unsanctioned event Sept. 24, identified by organizers as H2Oi, directed hundreds of people driving high-performance vehicles to an area without any […]
Public hearings on Ocean Wind
City plans to comment on Zoom Thursday, in person Monday, opposing wind farm requests OCEAN CITY – Just as Gov. Phil Murphy announced expanding offshore wind production by almost 50 percent, the city plans to speak up at public hearings affecting the resort, one on Thursday and the other on Monday, Oct. 3. On Sept. […]
StoryWalk a permanent fixture
Parents, kids can combine reading, outdoors year-round OCEAN CITY – Throughout the year, parents will be able to visit Lake Memorial Park to enjoy the outdoors while reading to their children. On Friday afternoon, Karen Mahar, director of the Ocean City Free Public Library, was surrounded by children, their parents, library employees, Friends and Volunteers […]